Hot and sexy older woman, usually in her 40’s or 50’s, single or married, who is on the "hunt" for a much younger, energetic, willing-to-do-anything male. The cougar can frequently be seen in a padded bra, cleavage exposed, propped up against a bar waiting, watching, calculating; gearing up to sink her claws into an innocent young and strapping buck who happens to cross her path. True cougars are classy, beautiful creatures and are real head turners. Man is cougar's number one prey!

An older woman (usually 30+) who is on the prowl for younger men usually in bars, restaurants, night clubs, or on the beach. She is always financially secure and thus isn't looking for an older man to provide for her. She may be single, married, divorced, with children, or without. No circumstance can stop her from going after her prey (young HOT and SEXY men) usually between 18 and 29. Any older just isn't her thing.

The term derived from the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles California. Because it is the hills where wildlife live such as cougars, deer, etc... Much like a cougar, the rich woman living in the Hollywood hills comes down the mountain to prey on young men. The younger guys usually struggling actors/waiters, starving musicians, starving students, or just starving are eager to get their drinks paid for by these ladies. They also hope these ladies will invite them back to their pad for some fun in their beautiful rich homes.

Since the term started to catch on and expand across the states the definition has been changed many times over.
However, the basic character is the same. Financially secure women over 30 years old who like younger men to marry, sleep with, or just have around for eye candy.

A single rich Cougar woman from the Hollywood Hills comes down for some fun night club time with a couple of her friends and end up taking some unemployed guys back to their house for fun.

A woman who, for some unknown reason, is attracted to men she finds out are younger than she is, often significantly so. She looks younger than her age, acts younger than her age, and has the confidence she didn't have when she was younger - which younger men apparently find appealing. She's not always the bottle blond, surgically enhanced woman described in other definitions of the word. She most often has her life in order and has earned her independence. She's probably not had a conventional life and she's ok with that. Many of her friends don't get it and tell her to find some old rich fart to die with.

This is a cougar scenario of the kind described above: The flirtation had gone on for weeks and he finally asked her for her number. She gave it to him knowing he was another young one. When she found out how old he really was, she sighed on the inside. All she could say was, "I'm a bit older than you." He guessed she was about 38 and in her head she said, "Yeah, that's how old I was when I had my daughter who is now 15." Another sigh.

An alert/call used to not only warn others of the presence an "untouchable," but to ask for assistance in the avoidance of the "untouchable" in question as well. If alert fails and one is approached, respect each others boundaries and speak in a proffesional matter. Politeness and distance are one's keys to success in the everlasting battle faced each day.

Here is a situation in which the("cougar!") alert would be placed in effect. The possible interaction b/w oneself and a "David Eggers" would warrent a "cougar" alert/call. May also appear under the name "Davey." Quick description: Tall, slender body type. Brown eyes and hair. 15/16 years of age. An,"I'm the shit," attitude. Crewmember of McDonalds, currently wearing a blueshirt, possible promotion to red in the coming weeks.

A cougar is a dried up hag of a women who in a vain attempt to feel attractive and vibrant resorts to hinting of sexual availability or making themselves sexually available to any horny young man indiscriminate enough to use them, a barn yard animal or any other hole he can find to facilitate achieving orgasm.

Cougars are easily spotted by over-stressed, over-died, dry frizzy hair or wigs, large amount of facial makeup in the forms of blush, mascara’s , eye shadows and concealers, fake eyelashes and also fake fingernails, push up bra’s under revealing tops and sometimes though not as common breast augmentations and permanent and non-permanent butt pads and buttock enhancements.

Though it is true that most young men do not find cougars attractive in a conventional sense and are rarely seen with one outside of a bar or night club type setting the young man’s sex drive especially when their inhibitions have been lowered by alcohol consumption will win out over his mental and moral objections as well as the physical non-attractiveness issue he may feel towards the cougar and he will attempt to have a sexual encounter with her. The cougar well aware of this fact is most often spotted in such environments.

Cougars are very acceptable to false flattery even when it is highly fictionalized. Young men who pursue cougars find that the further from the truth the flattery is the better the chance of him reaching his objective. As a result this technique is extremely common.

An insult to a female that is at least 10 years older than you; an older attractive female that takes care of herself, eats right, exercises and is financially capable of having a great life without your sorry ass. As a general rule, guys don't want anything more from a cougar than to have sex with her. Pretty equal to a MILF.